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No. 751,771. 7 PATENTED FEB. 9, 1904 F. ASHTON.

HAT PIN AND ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. 1902.

NO MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented February 9, 1904,

PATENT OFFICE.

HAT-PIN AND ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,771, dated February9, 1904.

Application filed March 6, 1902. Serial No. 96,914. (No model.)

T0 (11 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FLORENCE AsHToN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination Hat-Pins and Attachments for Ladies Hats, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inhat-fasteners, and relates more particularly to means for fasteningladies hats.

The present invention has for its object to provide a device of theabove-described character that will be extremely simple in construction,strong, durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highlyelficient in its use.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in theclaim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the under sideof the hat having my improvements attached thereto. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the fastening means adapted to be secured in theinterior of the hat to receive the hat-pin. Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the crimped or corrugated hat-pin.

In the drawing the reference-numeral 1 represents the crown of the hat,2 the rim thereof, and 3 the interior band. To the latter is attached aperforated plate 4, which is bulged outwardly, as shown at 5, saidperforated plate carrying apertured lugs 6 6 on each side thereof andlugs 7 7 on its lower side. These apertured lugs and plate 8 are adaptedto receive suitable fastening means to secure the said plate to theinner face of the inner band 3. A crimped or corrugated hatpin 9 carriesthe piercing-point 10 upon its one end and upon its opposite end thehead 11.

The operation of my improved hat-fastener is as follows: The pin ispierced through the side of the hat, through the hair of the wearer,into one of the perforations of the plate. As it is forced inwardthrough the plate it is given several turns, so as to permit one or moreof the crimps of the pin to pass through the plate and lie in the rearthereof, which will securely fasten the hat-pin within the perforatedplate. By this construction after the pin has been inserted in positionthe straight portions 9 and 10 of the pin project through the crown ofthe hat at diametrically opposite points, the portion 9 in front of andthe portion 10 in the rear of the plate 5. In order to remove the pin,the same is turned in the opposite direction, and simultaneously the pinis withdrawn from its engagement and it may be easily removed, as willbe readily understood from the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with the hat, a plate having an outwardly-bulgedapertured portion, integral end lugs 6, 6, carried by said plate, a pairof apertured lugs formed integral with the lower edge of said plate, andan elongated lug 8, formed integral with the upper edge of said plate,'apin extending through said hat and plate and having the portion thereoflying within said hat crimped, said crimped portion extending throughthe bulged portion of said plate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

FLORENCE ASHTON.

Witnessesz O. M. RUPLE, JOHN W. ASHTON.

